yup! Also ~3 fish a week is not slow at all! With saltwater it's like 1 fish every few months

I may be wrong then. Probably best to add a couple of small hardy fish, like danios, initially. Wait until both the ammonia and nitrite levels have risen, and then fallen to zero, before adding more fish.

I strongly recommend against cycling your tank with fish in it. Too much work keeping up with water changes to keep the ammonia in safe ranges for the fish.

Toss a few cocktail shrimp in the tank and let them decompose. Once the ammonia and nitrite have bottomed out, remove whatever is left of the shrimp, do a big water change, and start stocking. Some people put the shrimp in media bag to help make cleanup easy after you're done cycling.

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